@@ -650,7 +650,12 @@ SERVICE_PROTOCOL=${SERVICE_PROTOCOL:-http}

 # the memory used where there are a large number of CPUs present

 # (the default number of workers for many services is the number of CPUs)

 # Also sets the minimum number of workers to 2.

-API_WORKERS=${API_WORKERS:=$(( ($(nproc)/4)<2 ? 2 : ($(nproc)/4) ))}

+if [[ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'fake' ]]; then

+    # we need more workers for the large ops job

+    API_WORKERS=${API_WORKERS:=$(( ($(nproc)/2)<2 ? 2 : ($(nproc)/2) ))}

+else

+    API_WORKERS=${API_WORKERS:=$(( ($(nproc)/4)<2 ? 2 : ($(nproc)/4) ))}

+fi

 # Service startup timeout

 SERVICE_TIMEOUT=${SERVICE_TIMEOUT:-60}